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this is our team these are the top stories thousands of demonstrators frustrated with egypt's interim government of filled up cairo's tahrir square and other cities across the country we've got the latest. and officials they have begun here on your protesters think they won't leave until the egypt they began fighting for finally becomes a reality join me anything now away from cairo for the latest. attempts of dozens of put palestinian activists to beachgoers and dozens are detained simple logic by the majority of the delegation did not make it to tel aviv i'll bring you just a few. to one zero and lift. plus the finals last off the last of the launch of atlantis marks the end of the u.s. space shuttle program. the end of an era.

you're watching around the world a very good morning from moscow is what i am here my name is kevin and this is. our top story thousands of people are protesting in egypt tahrir square all day and into the night now to voice their anger at the interim government over the country sluggish rate of reform demonstrators want to keep up the pressure for change on the country's interim military rulers and see former regime officials brought to trial his innocence now is in cairo for us and this is a report. when i was coming here to talk to you are mistaking how well organized today really was basically civilians are doing the security checks there to wrecking the traffic and as i was saying i was impressed with the organizing of the protesters really it seems like what they want is to have a peaceful protest but as we were coming i speak to you here we're doing our or my

shots from the only really international t.v. station that is that is that is that the term that the egyptian authorities have allowed to work here is a turkish company i only got here none of the staff was in the hotel it was very quiet and we were told that it was very dangerous in fact to be here because apparently some of these thugs they're wearing sort of fans around there has had told them that they could really do and you live shots from here so and we're hearing that it was actually the government who sent these thugs to do that in fact we were supposed to speak to get i guess this hour and he said that he was just too afraid to come and speak to us on our see because of the situation that we saw as we came to the hotel here it seems like everything is ok they left the building and some of the staff is beginning to come back but that's a sign that these protesters are really ready for anything in the sense that they say they want it to remain peaceful and the government has promised to stand away i haven't seen one police officer here today but that they're sending people in plain

clothes it's really instigate violence so a lot of people on edge that something could happen overnight here on talk radio some of the protesters including the workers union is basically has launched a sit in today so it's likely what we saw back in the winter they're going to basically live on talk we're in till they get what they want and what they want is to get rid of all these so-called mini mubarak's they feel like they have the president ousted in a lot of high ranking officials but they want corrupt officials to be removed from the university as from the saturation all workplaces across the country they want military trials on civilians to stop they want free press and have a full coverage of what's happening here in central cairo so some people. we'll be staying here until the very end then you have the muslim brotherhood who didn't take place didn't come and join the revolution back in the winter but this time are taking it critics say that they're really trying to just inflate their position that if there are elections that they can gain some support it's a group that in fact is abandoned in many countries including russia it seems it

seems that there is caution about any kind of links to terrorism but they are one of the groups that is protesting here are talking here but they're not spending the night will be coming back tomorrow but like i said a lot of these protesters are here until they feel that the egypt they've been fighting for has finally happened but the latest report the news so far for a sun if you want to follow more from egypt you can as it happens you can catch up with and this is twitter update she's got all the details of the latest developments from tahrir square there i would just fresh updates on the protests log on to twitter you can find this school called. next now hundreds of pro palestinian activists have been blocked by israel in their attempts to reach gaza dozens were detained for questioning in tel aviv on arrival while the majority were prevented from even reaching israel at european airports. has been that by go to an airport for the day this is the latest from. for the last few weeks there

have been some six to eight hundred international activists who've been planning this so-called fly turner united under the banner of welcome to palestine and representing some fifteen in geos is mostly french activists who made the point from the beginning that they were intention was to bring attention to the plight of the palestinian people particularly the people of gaza they said that they were intention was peaceful the plan was to spend a week particularly in the west bank visiting palestinian families and really giving them a message of hope and encouragement from the international community but of course the attention also needs to be on gaza where since two thousand and seven since the mass came to power israel has imposed a hippy blockade and the latest word we hear from humanitarian organizations operating in gaza is that the situation is almost catastrophic we're hearing figures of as much as eighty percent of the population who do not have access to basic necessities the problem is that the israeli authorities heard about this fly tiller and already on thursday they issued the names of three hundred and forty two

people that were not allowed to into this country and they gave those names to foreign airlines and warned them that if they bought those people here they would have the expense of the responsibility of sending them back to their home countries we know that two hundred people were stopped in european capitals but of the roughly a hundred who made it through to israel most of them are being questioned are being interrogated and as far as we can tell only one woman from england made it through the arrivals hall we caught up with her just before she made her way to bethlehem in the west bank netanyahu sees us as a threat he says us as a threat to the legitimize a show of israel how can we be a threat and yet he whips up the israelis he gets guarantee pouring all over the airport he gets the british police the french police to stop activists coming out we never planned to demonstrate we always planned to be here and be here for this day and enjoy the the cultural activities of the palestinians. on the west bank and

true with the israelis as well now israel is dealing a heavy hand largely because of what happened roughly this time last year which is when we first the tiller tried to sell to gaza it had humanitarian aid on going and we all know it ended with nine turkish activists did we have seen a second freedom flotilla attempt at this stage the eight ships that are part of their fertility are stranded off the coast of greece athens has imposed a blanket ban preventing them from sailing to gaza so certainly a lot of attention in the international community trying to help the people of gaza and israel being very heavy handed very worried and very militant in its response. now we've got a chance for you to have your say what's been dubbed the fly you can tell us what you think about the story of a logging on to our website r t v dot com take part in the poll for live today we've been asking whether profile esteem activists will be able to convince israel to lift the blockade on gaza been changing a bit all night but roughly those figures have been saying the same so far almost

half of you still say would only happen if the activists arrive in overwhelming numbers quarter of you don't think israel would yield to any pressure anyway sixteen percent of you say the activists can succeed because they have truthfulness and twelve percent last one is not going to change the right believes that the blockade to only be lifted if palestinians stop attacking israel you could make all that change if you listen to what you think go r.t. dot com while you're there you may be interested to know about some of the stories he's got as well here still to come this hour stop the press the latest twist in britain's phone hacking scandal which has already seen its biggest selling newspaper shut down no home attitudes and rest and i told you something very interesting about that clip is coming up later for. space talk nasa's final shuttle flights blasted off with up to a million spectators witnessing this story at launch it's the one hundred thirty fifth mission was in the thirty year history of america's to a shuttle program experts and one of the high charms alone should be delayed by bad

weather but in the end the astronauts did leave earth with just a small delay of about a minute as an artist got a chance you can report it was also of course a poignant moment for all those plays were devoted realize the start of the space program just. empty shell of what was once florida's thriving space coast. up to ten thousand people will be out of a job as soon as the last shuttle makes its final voyage back to earth home to many of the kennedy space center workers rock which is on the verge of becoming a ghost town but how this space. grammar pretty much nothing i mean this is what you know your beach was built on the space program you noticed a lot of you are going to be out of jobs are you me out of homes people are gone welfare left and right future stamps anthony chris a fully spent twenty three years with the shuttle launch team as an engineer with a plan to splice thing offer is final mission it means the end of his career with

nasa and the beginning of uncertainty a year ago he started looking for a new job to no avail i have applied for jobs and so far i haven't got any concrete responses there's not that many jobs out there for sure the u.s. scrapped its shuttle program and now wants the private sector to come up with ways to get astronauts to space several companies are working on new vehicles but it's not clear when they'll be able to deliver them one thing is certain though they'll be able to hire only a fraction of the skilled space industry workers will be out of work this is the first shuttle ever it never made it to space but it was going to put test before the columbia shuttle first launch into space in nineteen eighty one a total of five shuttles had been used for space missions since that two of them were last thing tragic accidents a nine hundred eighty six and in two thousand and three those lawsuits and the skyrocketing price for each launch gradually led to the cancellation of the program

but critics say it's hard to estimate the losses that the end of the shuttle program will bring about both for the space industry and the people involved i think it's a really bad thing for the united states to lose the skilled workforce it's going to be difficult to rebuild for years the shuttle is being the only vehicle that could very cruel and a massive load of cargo to space officials say one of the reasons the program was scrapped is that it's safer and cheaper to send cargo and people separately something that russia for example has been doing for many years but whatever the reasons for scrapping the thirty year old program. for those who devoted their lives to it is the end of their dream job it's kind of sad because i've already seen a lot of my friends go and nobody's there being more people there are probably never see again it also means the end of a once vibrant scientific community that's grown up around the shuttle going to

check out our team is focusing on turkmenistan there tonight a huge relief efforts on going after reports that around two hundred people were killed when a series of explosions and ammunitions depo toward nearby buildings officials in the central asian state haven't confirmed any deaths they said the incident city of a down home to the fireworks factory half of the victims anyway are believed to be local residents large sections of the city lost power although water supplies have since been restored me here security has been tight with police patrolling the streets for got more details coming through now from the editor of the local paper the turkmenistan chronicles. i shook the chill of believe because of the explosions are still unknown but many are blaming the heat and it's unlikely because what were those common in school bad. munitions exploded but not all the fire was put in their shoes other explosions could take place as a food. report saying that it was not the ammunition course in fine but the point

that there are photos circulating in social networks would proving that it was in fact ammunition you know. the u.k. now big story this spring continuing there the former editor of the news the world's been arrested in connection with the phone hacking scandal at the country's biggest selling newspaper and his former role correspondent spin arrested on suspicion of bribing police and the furor is prompted the prime minister to announce two inquiries into the ethics and practices of the british press the one hundred sixty eight year old papers accused of hacking into the phones and emails of thousands of targets including murder and terror victims dead soldiers as well as politicians where its owner rupert murdoch's news international finance of the paper will close after this sunday's edition i spoke to john gaunt used to work for one of murdoch's newspapers he said it's the elite few control the media in the u.k. . many of us are calling for a full public inquiry led by a judge and cameron as being dragged through this position he's now willing to let

it happen so extremely embarrassing for him he's part of what's called the chipping condom set which is a rural part of britain he lives down there is the weekend rebecca brooks lives down there certain columnists live down there and there's a whole set she's gonna make socially that set was a different set when labor in power with tony blair but all of it is too cozy and too comfortable if you don't have a real democracy you have to have a separation of the press surely. the political establishment and the government of the day you also need to have separation between the judiciary and those two areas in britain and the united kingdom. they've become too close over the last thirteen or fourteen years and i believe that last may not ordinary people in britain their views have not really been represented either in the newspapers or in the political arena that's bad for democracy so david cameron should start investigating himself as far as i'm concerned and why would your employer

a man who's already had to resign over phone hacking allegations why would you take him to the heart of government where he could have access to a top secret dossier as an information it's a sorry sorry day let me tell you not just for the british press but for british democracy also in the news this early saturday morning from moscow rebel troops are keeping up the advance towards the duffield turn of guardian in an attempt to gain control of one of the main roads leading to the capital tripoli is considered the most significant gain in the past two weeks but they say their progress has been hampered by lack of ammunition and inadequate support from nato this is the u.s. is continuing to fund the campaign despite opposition from congress. a passenger airliner with one hundred twelve people aboard crushed it on the international airport of the democratic republic of congo as it was trying to land and mission reports say at least forty survivors have been pulled from the wreckage officials suggest strong winds and heavy rain could have caused the accident the country seeing numerous crashes in recent years with its jets playing by maintenance

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hello and welcome to the program summer is the perfect time to visit russia a long weekend here in st petersburg is a must the former capital is bursting full of history and culture so join me as we visit major logs and take part in various fun filled activities and we start off here at the spectacular sight isaac's cathedral originally the city's main church in the largest cathedral in russia it was built between eighteen eighteen and eight hundred fifty eight the french going architects month around almost two centuries later the gilded dome mostly isaacs still dominates the skyline of st petersburg a trip to the top provides excellent views of the city coming from the russian capital moscow on team travel by the fast subsume train network the journey takes four hours and costs around three thousand five hundred rubles that's roughly one hundred twenty five dollars way you can see here the location of the city situated to the northwest of russia in the eighteenth century it was piece of the great

stream to create a window to your with a vast canal network press taking architecture in palaces that were built to rival that who are paying. vision was achieved. we think. we've been to the edge. i believe in it and now i'm visiting st petersburg the second time i love it here especially. is very beautiful misty prospect is simply dismiss me as one of the best known streets in russia i suppose you could control the prospect. shops museums and historical sites the main point has to be this magnificent. two hundred

years ago it was closed by the. museum of cool services. and today the area in front of it is one of the city's main points and tourist spots. the church of the spilled blood is located off the main streets here. on the site. the second was assassinated. in his memory. we show you some alternative sites excursions. to the city's. very popular. international. seven hundred rubles that's roughly around twenty five. similar projects. he's visited people. since. the thirty feet.

through interested in history literature. petersburg each room represents a legend or a myth connected to the city's most famous story literature characters all united by one theme that. for example legend has it much and kosky died in simpy was back in eighty ninety three not because of color but because he famously said his last simply was launcher and his entire life hours later. he stands. in the ring shows the story of the russian historical figure for species burns by conspires often used always and shot and drowned. the harnessing isn't for the faint of the light hearted tourists among us i think it's the classics to skate an alternative in statement after being subjected to hours inside the city's palaces.

the welcome to the towers in st petersburg an interactive museum dedicated to the myths and legends of the city the last book it's what's a see through a labyrinth of that same rooms where you come up close and personal to terrifying exhibits i witness ghost the characters of the past disrespected and peter the great. so what other alternative activities can you enjoy it said petersburg the ford museum of dreams located in the st petersburg institute of psychoanalysis open in one thousand nine hundred nine to mark the one hundred years since for its famous book the interpretations of dreams was published there are two holes exploring the psychologist's theories the so-called light school splays historical facts and figures where the guide explains freud's work while the dark hole is a collection of at first sight meaningless things to guide suggests the visitors should perceive the display in accordance with their own experience fancies and

desires. this museum in the living with celebrates the rich history of the world famous drink votes. the display cover said she reserve history in russia starting from the eleventh century when it was originally called red wine and explores drinking traditions and rituals. during peter the great sway in many votes good drink in traditions were established and many of them exist to these day for example this item sheerest called the big eagle goblet which was a prototype for ritual of penalty shots for being late to a party the amount of which one had to drink from the goblet was fixed and totalled one litter guess too late to be just bulls all done badly broken large to drink. the whole thousands of exhibits amazing broken bottles spanning centuries there are also several unusual items on display which include even vulcan for cosmonauts to

drink in space after you're done with exploring the items in glass cabinets invited to focus in a room which contains over two hundred various machines and next door to the museum there's a restaurant called russian poker room which offers of course traditional russian hussein. and if you have a special occasion it's a petersburg just want to look top notch in the city where professionals will take care of your style dozens of hair stylists make artists and cosmetologists which are constantly upgrading their skills and your top schools for professionals of the industry will help you look your best. the celebrated phenomenon of the white knights is a source of much pleasure petersburg as the cool businesses it's an exciting time to visit the city does not have to do will bring in regards to your personal time club and discuss the culture in the city with this insider let's meet this week's guests lower level to me. so you're from berlin they've been living here.

so we try to come. the cultural cooperation between finland and russia. very useful it seems that some petersburg is a completely different city in the winter than it is in the summer tell me about some of the activities that you enjoy you know what i mean. first of all people act totally differently during the summer time people russian people. love to go out into time they're just trying to get home possible so people go hang out in the parks in the restaurants terrorists if you had any visitors already any tourists coming to the city where would you recommend that they want to visit they had to. pause fortress which is on the other side really beautiful especially during the summer this really really nice. bell. ringing and take

a walk around around downtown because it's amazing the architecture is amazing and beautiful well what if the weather is bad because you know one that can be a rainy day can be sunny it's a bit temperamental little bit like it was you recommend. something inside. of there's this amazing traditional old russian vodka room called. have a glass of water which costs twenty roubles as far as i remember. going to you know into. the museum as they were going to cathedrals there's a whole range of different. i mean you know you're sorry to hear. about. the want to party to. immerse yourself with historical sites considered cultural capital

st petersburg reflects the country's extrude we think. there are very. ways to see the city by speedboat roller blading bicycles you can hire them privately or take part in group guided tours either way you can see all the major sites such as the peaceful way i'm for those who crave adrenaline filled activities there are a few other suggestions too like this next form of transport. welcome to the world of the fun of the furious the functions of a very sick stations around the city. council and we were. there are many people who dream of once riding a bike and our city is popular destination for tourists so we decided to combine these two facts and to show our city to those who fancy riding a bike from your perspective or experience bikers can give you a tour and not only tell you about the main most popular landmarks but also provide

an unusual tour showing some hidden gems of st petersburg which you won't find in a guidebook. on the move to pull it off. but. it will last about two hours the price is gone from three thousand five. hundred twenty dollars it's who started this initiative the group of bankers who decided that many people should. cities towns tourists interests can be combined one. is you will see a city in the city to see you. to some a motorbike from still school might be too much for me such an adrenaline filled excursion sums up the city in the summer exciting and simply take.

what i mean credible experience a spectacular view. of the survey before sleep. on this week's program from st petersburg i'll see you again at the same time next week until then for me and the rest of the kurds by. culture is that so much different and there's a huge musician trying to markland culture decades of conflict and war in south sudan decide to become an independent state in july not as the world and. twenty years ago the largest country.